Facebook does not store short names anymore. Names appear blank when "Show real names in messages" is not checked.

Bug #985801 reported by Brian Curtis
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Gwibber
Fix Released
Undecided
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gwibber (Ubuntu)
Fix Committed
Medium
Unassigned
Precise
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

Facebook does not store short names any more so they appear blank in feeds where "Show real names in messages" is not checked.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gwibber 3.4.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 19 14:12:42 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gwibber
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-05 (73 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx) wrote :
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gwibber:
assignee: nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in gwibber:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in gwibber:
importance: High → Undecided
milestone: none → 3.4.1
Changed in gwibber:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
assignee: Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) → nobody
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Brian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gwibber into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

tags: added: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx) wrote :

Thanks pitti and ken. This fix works. The facebook names appear no matter whether or not the checkbox for "show real names in messages" is marked.

Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Not in precise-updates yet, reopening.

Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gwibber - 3.4.1-0ubuntu1

---------------
gwibber (3.4.1-0ubuntu1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * New stable release
    - fallback to displaying full sender's name if the nickname is empty, even
      if show-fullname is false (LP: #985801)
    - catch GLib.GError instead of GLib.Error, fixes crasher (LP: #940182)
    - Specify /usr/bin/python in gwibber-accounts instead of relying on
      env (LP: #988385)
    - lens: use category icons that match the rest of unity. This only affects
      the unity-lens-gwibber package in universe.
  * debian/patches/*.patch
    - dropped, merged upstream
  * debian/control
    - Added depends on gir1.2-wnck-3.0, gwibber-accounts needs it (LP: #957272)
 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:22:20 -0400

Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) → nobody
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu Precise):
assignee: Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) → nobody
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